2024年10月17日 · Krishna (Damodara) playing as a human child in the house of mother Yashoda, was performing His own selected pastimes. Of course, no one can control the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The pure devotee surrenders himself unto the lotus feet of the Lord, who may either protect or vanquish the devotee.

Yashoda (Sanskrit: यशोदा, IAST: Yaśodā) is the foster-mother of Krishna and the wife of Nanda. She is described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the wife of Nanda, the chieftain of Gokulam, and the sister of Rohini.

Why Yashoda punishes Krishna in Damodar Lila? Why Krishna came to be known as Damodar? Why did mother Yashoda tie Krishna to a grinding mortar? What mischievous activity had Krishna done? These are the questions which all the devotees have in their mind. In fact, many who know this Damodar pastime of Krishna also love to read it again and again.

Damodara, as one of Krishna’s many names, 4 is traceable to the incident of Yashoda binding Him with a cord (dama) around the belly (udara) when He was an infant. Damodara thus means “having a rope on the abdomen,” as described in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.9.19): “Then she bound Him with a rope to the mortar, as if He were an ordinary child.”

Still, mother Yashoda was thinking of Krishna as her child. Although He is beyond the reach of all senses, she endeavored to bind Him to a wooden grinding mortar. But when she tried to bind Him, she found that the rope she was using was too short—by two inches.

Damodara is a name for Krishna. Dama means “rope,” and udara means “belly.” So Damodara means, “one who is bound around the belly with ropes.” And you can see in the picture of Lord Damodara with Mother Yasoda that she was binding His belly with ropes.

"The Lord when He was tied with a cord (dāma) around His waist (udara)", denoting a divine pastime in which Krishna's mother Yashoda bound him for being mischievous. (Used by various Vaishnava adherents.) [2] "One who is known through a mind which is purified (Udara) by means of self-control (dama)". [3]

Damodar is one of the most wonderful expressions to address Lord Krishna. The literal translation of the term is the one with a rope tied around his belly. There is an interesting episode in the Bhagavata that can illustrate why Krishna got the name Damodhar.

2014年4月3日 · Seeing this mother Yashoda kept Krishna aside and immediately rushed to put the pot off the stove. When the milk saw mother Yashoda approaching it jumped back into the pot. Krishna became transcendentally angry. He picked up a stone and broke the pot of yogurt.

After Mother Yashoda bound Krishna, she chastised him soundly and rose to attend to her household work. Seeing her gone, Krishna soon got bored and observed two yamala-arjuna trees, which were actually Nalakuvera and Manigreev, the two sons of Kuvera who had been cursed by Devrishi Narada to become trees.